Pictured: Andrew Cardwell

Covanta Energy, the world's leading Energy-from-Waste (EfW) provider, has recently appointed Andrew Cardwell as Director Project Finance.

Andrew's expertise will be of significant importance to Covanta as the company continues to expand and work towards delivering projects in the UK and Ireland.

Andrew brings with him 20 years' experience in the financial and engineering sectors. Prior to joining Covanta, Andrew worked at public services provider Amey, where he was a senior member of the Amey PFI management team. Two of his career highlights at Amey include achieving financial close on the Birmingham Highways PFI project worth £2.7bn and commercial close on the North Yorkshire Waste PFI project - a scheme worth £1.0bn.

Commenting on his new role, Andrew said: "I want to help Covanta win municipal contracts and establish a successful operation in the UK by ensuring projects are well structured and achieve competitive funding terms."

Andrew has had a varied career and has been based both in the UK and in Australia, his native country. He started his career as an Engineering Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force and spent several years supporting major military project procurements. His introduction to UK PFI was in 1999 with space company EADS Astrium where he was a key contributor to the company's successful bid for the Ministry of Defence's Skynet 5 secure satellite communications project. He has also served as a business advisor to government and as a Managing Director of a food company where he was directly responsible for negotiating national distribution in Australia's largest supermarkets.

Andrew's qualifications reflect his career choices in the finance and engineering sectors. He studied Electrical Engineering and received an upper-second class degree from the University of NSW in Canberra. Andrew also holds a first class Bachelor of Finance & Economics degree from the University of Deakin, Melbourne.